The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF

The Singaporean welfare state system : with special reference to public housing and the CPF

This chapter illuminates the ways in which the Singapore state’s approach toward public goods, despite its recent heavy rhetoric around ‘social inclusion’ and some moves toward expansion, maintains a limited sense of mutual obligations among citizens and instead institutionalizes individualism an...

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Main Author: Teo, Youyenn
Other Authors: Aspalter, Christian
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2021
Subjects:
Social sciences::Political science::Public administration::Asia::Singapore
Public policy
Welfare
Inequality
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147650
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:This chapter illuminates the ways in which the Singapore state’s approach toward public goods, despite its recent heavy rhetoric around ‘social inclusion’ and some moves toward expansion, maintains a limited sense of mutual obligations among citizens and instead institutionalizes individualism and differentiated deservedness. This is a welfare regime in which access to public housing, healthcare, childcare, and retirement security continues to depend upon specific constellations of individualized practices. Indeed, performing ‘the family’ in specific gendered and heteronormative ways is crucial to ensuring social security in Singapore.

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